absorbency

• (physics) absorbancy

From absorbance +‎ -y.

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/

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absorbency (countable and uncountable, plural absorbencies)

2. The quality of being absorbent.
4. (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
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5. (obsolete) The action of absorbing.

• absorptiveness

• “absorbency”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.